Will the Australia - United States Free Trade Agreement undermine the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 256-259

  Harvey, Ken J ^a,c   Faunce, Thomas A ^b   Lokuge, Buddhima ^b,d   Drahos, Peter ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c School of Public Health   (Australia)

^d Medical School   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; LAW; PATENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REWARD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544359325     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06264.x     Document Type: Article

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